Motila Blend:

The client suggested a landscape vineyard mural as a showcase piece for the tasting room. This mural would feature a day-to-night cycle, showcase farmers working in the vineyard, contain biodynamic farming elements, and have several animated easter eggs, like the owner’s children swinging on a tree swing.

I started with a photo composition stitched together using photography taken from the multiple Ackley Vineyards. I combined the photos into one blended landscape using Photoshop, which was re-painted by illustrator Syd Weiler to create an original and unique artwork composition.

Since this mural would ultimately come to life with colorful projections, we kept the artwork grayscale. It was important to keep the sky and water white with no texture, as we wanted to change those dynamically by adding clouds in the sky during the day and the moon, milky way, and stars at night all reflected in the lake's water.

The benefit of setting up projection artwork with remote media capabilities is that the infrastructure allows for additions to the artwork that can change dynamically over the years.

I'm looking forward to adding new easter eggs for holidays or events, like UFO Fest in McMinnville, that can keep the mural alive and exciting rather than expected and static!

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Client — Ackley Beverage Group
Marketing Director — Hannah Falter
Illustrator — Syd Weiler